….Something that looks this good, doesn’t just happen overnight. Lee Corkett, who most of you know operates Weathervane Arts with his wife, Gigi, says work began back in September, when he and Gigi sat down with Paul and Yasemin of…
….Something that looks this good, doesn’t just happen overnight. Lee Corkett, who most of you know operates Weathervane Arts with his wife, Gigi, says work began back in September, when he and Gigi sat down with Paul and Yasemin of…
Sign-ups for volunteer cast and crew for the 2010 season of the Greater St. Louis Renaissance Faire will be held Saturday, January 9, 2010 at St. Charles Community College from 10 am to 2 pm. Learn all about the Faire…
FIRE-eaters, stilt-walkers and armed combatants will fill the streets of Ledbury this Thursday (December 17) as the town’s popular Mediaeval Night returns…. Mediaeval re-enactments, including 16th century fencing, will be carried out by the Society for Creative Anachronism and led…
You’ve heard it before: the idea that medieval cooks regularly used spices to disguise the taste of rotten meat. Could such a practice have been common? If not, where did this misconception originate? Find the answers in this feature by your Guide.
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The Myth of Rotten Meat originally appeared on About.com Medieval History on Thursday, December 17th, 2009 at 02:10:56.
Last week, construction workers found what may be a temple when digging the foundations for a new library at the Indonesian Islamic University in Yogyakarta. The structures, which are believed to date to the 9th or 10th century, have architectural elements and relief ornaments resembling those on important Hindu and Buddhist temples. Find out more about this discovery in the article by Sri Wahyuni at the Jaiarta Post or the item at DNA India.
Temple complex discovered in Indonesia originally appeared on About.com Medieval History on Wednesday, December 16th, 2009 at 23:56:57.
This weekend the Syrian National Excavation Expedition uncovered a mosaic design at the Tal al-Kasara archeological site in northeastern Syria. The mosaic measures 44 meters and includes geometric shapes and fish. The site, originally discovered in 1849, was a strategic location between the Byzantine and Sasanian Empires. Find out more about the discovery, and see a photo, in the article by Ruaa AL-Jazaeri at the Global Arab Network.
Byzantine mosaic uncovered in Syria originally appeared on About.com Medieval History on Tuesday, December 15th, 2009 at 18:08:11.
In 1998, a fire destroyed the interior of St. Brandon’s Church in Brancepeth, near Durham City — and revealed tombstones that had been hidden in the walls for centuries. The tombstones, known as cross slabs, date to the Middle Ages and may have been deliberately hidden by a Bishop of Durham. This collection of cross slabs is the biggest in the northern counties of England and includes varieties that span two centuries. Now that the church has been refurbished, 20 of the stones have been mounted on the walls. Find out more in the article at BBC News.
Revealed through fire, medieval tombstones go on display originally appeared on About.com Medieval History on Thursday, December 10th, 2009 at 02:01:10.
All Graeme Mackenzie wanted to do was drain some land so that he could grow potatoes next year. In the process he found what appears to be an anchor. Measuring four by four feet, the anchor could be as much as 1,000 years old and is possibly of Viking origin. If that is the case, it could be evidence that Norse raiders settled on Skye. Find out more in the article at BBC News.
Anchor found on Isle of Skye may be from a Viking ship originally appeared on About.com Medieval History on Thursday, December 10th, 2009 at 01:31:56.
When planning one of the frescoes in the Vatican, Raphael sketched out the face of a woman he planned to paint as a muse. In an auction at Christie’s this week, an anonymous telephone bidder paid £29.2 million for Head of a Muse. This is the second-highest amount ever paid for an old master painting or drawing, the highest price any work by Raphael has ever fetched, and a world record price for any work on paper.
Find out more about the sketch and the sale in the feature by Louise Jury at the London Evening Standard (which includes a photo), or the item from Reuters at the Star.
Raphael sketch brings record price at Christie’s originally appeared on About.com Medieval History on Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 at 23:59:07.
